Bloomberg Continues Progress Towards Net Zero Emissions by 2025, According to Annual Impact Report
Published 05-10-21
Summary
Bloomberg LP continues to make progress towards its commitment to net-zero emissions by 2025, according to the company’s
2020 Impact Report. The
Impact Report also outlines how Bloomberg is leading efforts to mobilize markets to fight climate change and bring transparency to climate risk data.
Report Highlights
Ambitious Emissions Reduction Targets Officially Validated by the Science Based Targets Initiative
Bloomberg Leading Efforts to Mobilize the Markets to Fight Climate Change and Bring Transparency to Climate Risk Data
Bloomberg LP continues to make progress towards its commitment to net-zero emissions by 2025, according to the company’s
Katja Biedenkopf, Associate Professor, Sustainable Futures research group, KU Leuven, Faculty of Social Sciences;
Kirsten Brosbøl, Parliamentarians for the Global Goals (PFGG);
Kevin Casas-Zamora, Secretary-General of International IDEA;
Martin Chungong, Secretary-General, Inter-Parliamentary Union;
Lise Deshautel, Advisor at Convention Citoyenne pour le Climat;
Satu Hassi, Chair of the Grand Committee, Finnish Parliament;
Sylvia Kotting-Uhl, Chair of the Committee on Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, German Bundestag;
Emilie Lemieux, Deputy Director, Open Parliament and Sustainable Development;
His Excellency
Malini Mehra, CEO, Global Legislators Organisation for a Balanced Environment (GLOBE);
Javier Perez, Director, Parlamento 2030 (PMO);
Michael Scoullos, Circle of Mediterranean Parliamentarians for Sustainable Development (COMPSUD);
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Biden Calls for Fourth Industrial Revolution: Climate Update
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(Bloomberg) Day two of President Joe Biden’s international climate summit concluded on Friday. Biden pledged during the first day of the virtual event to slash U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of the decade, part of a plan to bring the U.S. back into the global fight against climate change.
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Day two focused on innovation and the economic opportunity in fighting climate change. This is designed to refute skepticism from some blue-collar workers and labor leaders. While renewable energy jobs are growing at a fast clip, labor groups say they pay less than fossil-fuel positions and that companies have opposed unionization.
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“No nation can solve this crisis on our own,” Biden said Thursday from the White House at the opening of the event. “All of us, and particularly those of us who represent the world’s largest economies, we have to step up.”
Here are some highlights:
Biden Seeks $15 Billion for EV Charging Stations (3:40 p.m.)
The Biden administration proposed Thursday spending $15 billion to install 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations along roads, parking lots and apartment buildings, as part of its infrastructure plan now before Congress.
Some of the money would go toward grants and incentive programs for state and local governments as well as private companies to install the chargers, according to a fact sheet from the White House that spelled out thre program in detail.